For more than a decade, the East Village's iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City's foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre-and often shocking-artifacts. Since becoming the focus of SCIENCE's hit series, ODDITIES, the Big Apple's epicenter of the eccentric has become pop culture's Mecca of the macabre.
This season of ODDITIES turns up the volume for eleven ridiculously entertaining episodes that redefine the notion of "freak chic." The merchandise has never been more memorable, with notable highlights including a two-headed pig, a mummified "member," an occupied coffin, a prostate warmer, and a preserved heart full of bullet holes. However, at Obscura, the people are even more eccentric than the products.
This season of ODDITIES turns up the volume for eleven ridiculously entertaining episodes that redefine the notion of "freak chic." The merchandise has never been more memorable, with notable highlights including a two-headed pig, a mummified "member," an occupied coffin, a prostate warmer, and a preserved heart full of bullet holes. However, at Obscura, the people are even more eccentric than the products.
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Hurry, hurry! Step right up! The circus has come to Austin, and it's not to be missed. Filled with imagination, whimsy, and charm, The Cruel Circus, now playing the Salvage Vanguard Theatre thru May 25th, is an absolute delight and a feast for the eyes....
by Jeff Davis - May 18, 2013
Hurry, hurry! Step right up! The circus has come to Austin, and it's not to be missed. Filled with imagination, whimsy, and charm, The Cruel Circus, now playing the Salvage Vanguard Theatre thru May 25th, is an absolute delight and a feast for the eyes....
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by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2013
While the golden era of New York's most beloved amusement park is long gone, relics of Coney Island's colorful history and photos of its amazing cast of performers grab the spotlight in 'Sideshow,' an exhibition and sale running today, May 2-25 at The Ross Art Group's Manhattan gallery. Sideshow's f...
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2013
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by Tyler Peterson - May 01, 2013
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by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2013
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by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2013
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by Kelsey Denette - April 24, 2013
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by Kelsey Denette - April 24, 2013
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by Lori Weglein - April 24, 2013
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by Lori Weglein - April 24, 2013
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by TV News Desk - March 13, 2013
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by TV News Desk - March 13, 2013
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by TV News Desk - February 09, 2013
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by TV News Desk - February 09, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 31, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 31, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 30, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 30, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 29, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 29, 2013
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by Kelsey Denette - January 23, 2013
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by Kelsey Denette - January 23, 2013
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by Review Roundups - January 15, 2013
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by Review Roundups - January 15, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 04, 2013
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by Caryn Robbins - January 04, 2013
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by Jeff Davis - November 20, 2012
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Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival Runs Now thru 10/21
by Movies News Desk - October 18, 2012
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by Movies News Desk - October 18, 2012
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by Ellen Dostal - October 15, 2012
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by Ellen Dostal - October 15, 2012
The fairy tale journey that occurs between 'Once upon a time' and 'they all lived happily ever after' has never been as circuitous as in Shakespeare's CYMBELINE, now playing at A Noise Within....
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by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2012
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by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2012
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by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2012
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by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2012
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by Robert Diamond - September 18, 2012
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by Robert Diamond - September 18, 2012
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by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2012
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by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2012
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